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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164117788" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164117788">(Apr 24 2019 at 20:37)</a>:</h4>
<p>I am contemplating creating a "Compiler team call for participation" internals thread.</p>
<p>The idea would be that we would post irregular "calls for participation" in there when looking for people to help out on specific tasks or to pick up specific bugs. I think we would probably accompany those with tweets or other attention grabbing efforts. </p>
<p>I imagine using this for a few sorts of things:</p>
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<li>During triage meetings, when we have a bunch of bugs and things that come up, we could put a quick post there</li>
<li>When we have larger requests -- e.g., I'm wanting to recruit a few people for the parallel rustc effort (<a href="https://gist.github.com/nikomatsakis/4263d4f55ff290c7c46993035dbeb091" target="_blank" title="https://gist.github.com/nikomatsakis/4263d4f55ff290c7c46993035dbeb091">draft post</a>)</li>
<li>When a WG has put in some effort to open up a bunch of "entry level" issues</li>
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<p>Thoughts? I'm not sure what the best venue is for this sort of thing, but internals seems ok?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164118655" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164118655">(Apr 24 2019 at 20:49)</a>:</h4>
<p>(cc <span class="user-group-mention" data-user-group-id="1095">@WG-meta</span>, this seems relevant-ish)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164118936" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164118936">(Apr 24 2019 at 20:52)</a>:</h4>
<p>I think it’s a good idea. I don’t know that the triage meeting issues are necessarily the right issues to open to new contributors because they’re often higher priority and won’t often have things like mentoring instructions.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164118972" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164118972">(Apr 24 2019 at 20:52)</a>:</h4>
<p>But there might be some where they are suitable, either way, I like the idea.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164118984" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164118984">(Apr 24 2019 at 20:53)</a>:</h4>
<p>good idea and agree with <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="116107">@davidtwco</span> too</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164120082" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164120082">(Apr 24 2019 at 21:07)</a>:</h4>
<p>Well, it depends</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164120131" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164120131">(Apr 24 2019 at 21:08)</a>:</h4>
<p>But I didn't intend for this thread to be <em>just</em> for new contributors</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164120139" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164120139">(Apr 24 2019 at 21:08)</a>:</h4>
<p>Or maybe even <em>mainly</em></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164120159" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164120159">(Apr 24 2019 at 21:08)</a>:</h4>
<p>Sometimes the things we need for P-high issues though is to e.g. try and reduce or isolate a test case</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164120289" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164120289">(Apr 24 2019 at 21:10)</a>:</h4>
<p>I guess it depends on the issue, on the contributor and on the commitment of the contributor to be able to handle that with good timing if it's a thing with high priority</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164120317" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164120317">(Apr 24 2019 at 21:10)</a>:</h4>
<p>but I guess what is important is to clearly communicate when is the task due date</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164120828" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> davidtwco <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164120828">(Apr 24 2019 at 21:18)</a>:</h4>
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<p>But I didn't intend for this thread to be <em>just</em> for new contributors</p>
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<p>In that case, I think you can disregard my concern, I think this idea makes sense.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164121240" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164121240">(Apr 24 2019 at 21:25)</a>:</h4>
<p>Maybe it'd be good to be clear in each case the "experience level expected"</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164121258" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164121258">(Apr 24 2019 at 21:25)</a>:</h4>
<p>we could have a little <em>template</em> or something</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164121309" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164121309">(Apr 24 2019 at 21:25)</a>:</h4>
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<p>Maybe it'd be good to be clear in each case the "experience level expected"</p>
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<p>also, at least for me, it's always good to know the expectations related to timing :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164121396" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164121396">(Apr 24 2019 at 21:26)</a>:</h4>
<p>it happened during NLL times that I was working on urgent things that I didn't know were urgent :)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164121814" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164121814">(Apr 24 2019 at 21:32)</a>:</h4>
<p>Yes.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164124374" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164124374">(Apr 24 2019 at 22:10)</a>:</h4>
<p>So maybe have a <em>very simple</em> template like:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Title:</strong> XXX</li>
<li><strong>Experience level expected:</strong> (Newcomer | Contributor | Experienced)</li>
<li><strong>Urgency:</strong> (Immediately | Medium ?)</li>
<li><strong>Description:</strong> ...</li>
</ul>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164124544" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> varkor <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164124544">(Apr 24 2019 at 22:13)</a>:</h4>
<p>does "timeframe" refer to how long we think the task will take, or how urgent the task is?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164124610" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> varkor <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164124610">(Apr 24 2019 at 22:14)</a>:</h4>
<p>if the former, it might be nice to give a time estimate instead (though it's difficult to give) — or say what we think "medium" tasks might take</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164124657" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Santiago Pastorino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164124657">(Apr 24 2019 at 22:15)</a>:</h4>
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<p>does "timeframe" refer to how long we think the task will take, or how urgent the task is?</p>
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<p>how urgent it is, but it may worth noting how long the task may take</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164124836" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> varkor <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164124836">(Apr 24 2019 at 22:18)</a>:</h4>
<p>"Urgency" or "Priority" might be more descriptive in that case</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call%20for%20participation/near/164174798" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> nikomatsakis <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/call.20for.20participation.html#164174798">(Apr 25 2019 at 14:25)</a>:</h4>
<p><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/compiler-team/pull/71" target="_blank" title="https://github.com/rust-lang/compiler-team/pull/71">https://github.com/rust-lang/compiler-team/pull/71</a></p>



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